The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is excited to introduce its new 2017 Ten-Year Renewal and Replacement Plan (10-Year Capital Plan) that will ensure the safety and integrity of the four …
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In researching our ancestors, we spend a great deal of time tracking down dates and places in vital records. Obviously, this is important because we have to be certain we have the right John Smith …
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I hadn’t looked at the French-Canadian branch on my family tree since 2008. This is an updated version of a column I wrote at that time — some new websites and some no longer with us.
A discovery on my paternal grandmother’s side took …
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CLIMBING THE FAMILY TREE — A GENEALOGY COLUMN
Censuses are probably one of the most important (and most easily accessible) ways of tracking our ancestors through time and place. With the 1940 census now available, there are almost 100 …
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As summer winds down, I try to enjoy reading outdoors as much as possible before cold weather returns. Sitting in the backyard with the birds and squirrels, admiring the garden and then drifting into a book is just heaven this time of year. …
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I’ve been very busy genealogically, but haven’t had time for new research. This summer, I did research for a client and read lots of books and magazines. And, I’m trying to input all the data I discovered on the last couple of research trips I …
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From the files of the Bristol Phoenix, Spring 1915:
EDITORIAL
Urgent Need for an Army Reserve
The crises through which we are passing has brought forcibly to our mind the urgent need of an Army Reserve for use in time of national peril. …
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New school planned for High Street
A petition is in circulation requesting that a special town meeting be called to consider the matter of a purchase of the site for the new school house, $40,000 for the construction of which was appropriated at …
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Mike Rego

Mike Rego has worked at East Bay Newspapers since 2001, helping the company launch The Westport Shorelines. He soon after became a Sports Editor, spending the next 10-plus years in that role before taking over as editor of The East Providence Post in February of 2012. To contact Mike to submit information, suggest story ideas or photo opportunities, etc., email mrego@eastbaynewspapers.com.